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뜨

뜨 — tteu

뜨 is ㄸ plus ㅡ, romanized tteu and read exactly as written. You can hear it below, recorded by a native Korean speaker.

Frequency: less common — it appears, but below the median frequency. The boundary is the median of the cells that appear at all, which works out at 21 occurrences.

How this block is put together

ㄸㅡ=뜨
ㄸ + ㅡ — the vowel sits underneath the consonant.

The two letters

ㄸ (ssangdigeut)

/t͈/

a tense, unaspirated t — like the t in sty

ㅡ

/ɯ/

no close English match — the oo of moon with lips spread flat

Nearby in the chart

Same consonant (ㄸ)

Same vowel (ㅡ)

Questions people ask

How do you pronounce 뜨?
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뜨 is romanized tteu and read exactly as written.
Is 뜨 used in real Korean words?
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Not in the beginner vocabulary behind this site. It is still a legal syllable, and once you know the two letters it is made of you can read it on sight.